Sennecke scores twice as Ducks hold off Oilers 5-4
Pavel Mintyukov also scored twice for Anaheim, which won its third straight despite four points from Connor McDavid.
Beckett Sennecke and Pavel Mintyukov each had two goals and an assist as the Anaheim Ducks held off the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 at Rogers Place on Thursday.
Sennecke scored with 38 seconds left in the second period and struck again on the power play at 1:42 of the third. He finished a passing play with Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier at the right post to give Anaheim a 5–2 lead.
Kasperi Kapanen pulled Edmonton within two on a power play with 3:36 to play. With Matt Tomkins on the bench for an extra attacker, Leon Draisaitl converted a cross-ice pass from Connor McDavid at 19:15. The Ducks held on for their third straight win.
Gauthier opened the scoring on a first-period power play with his ninth goal in four games. Evan Bouchard tied it late in the period, and McDavid put Edmonton ahead with a short-handed goal early in the second. Mintyukov tied the game at 3:37 and put the Ducks ahead for good at 6:15.
McDavid finished with a goal and three assists to extend his season-opening point streak to 17 games. Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves for Anaheim (8–7–1), and Tomkins stopped 16 shots for Edmonton (11–3–3).
